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Drummer's tunic with wings, bugler's cords and other ranks trousers, peaked forage cap and waistbelt, 1936-1939, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Equipment, uniform 2001-10-135
Drum major's walking out dress uniform, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), 1936-1939: other ranks peaked forage cap; drum major's full dress tunic; sergeant's sash; drum major's sash; band cords; other ranks waistbelt; other ranks trousers. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Equipment, uniform 2001-10-136
Twelve documents associated with Pte Herbert Sydney Stupples, 4/5th Bn The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), World War Two (1939-1945). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Archives 2001-11-50
Collection of military band music from around the world, collected by the late Mr Harold Leonard Sidney Plunkett, nd. Sound Recordings 2001-12-44
Collection of papers relating to the Leeke Family, 1873-1919; items include correspondence associated with the Battle of Waterloo, and a photocopy of an article relating to William Leeke, (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry). Archives 2002-02-910
Leather case containing a manual saw and a sharpening file, 1942 (c); associated with 173056 Lt Col S J Chaytor, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, India and Burma; manufactured by Disston, USA. Equipment, general 2002-02-1184
Indian Service Pattern 1897 sword for infantry officers, 1930; associated with Lt A J Perman, 1931-1945; manufactured by Wilkinson Sword Company Limited, London; contract sword issued to officers. Edged Weapons 2002-02-1381
Indian Service Pattern 1897 sword for infantry officers, 1930; associated with Lt A J Perman, 1931-1945; manufactured by Wilkinson Sword Company Limited, London; contract sword issued to officers. Equipment, general 2002-02-1381
Button, large, Royal Army Medical Corps, nd; sealed 11 Dec 1945 Badges 2002-04-705
Button, small, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, nd; sealed 11 Dec 1945. Badges 2002-04-708
Letter sent with the BEM to WO2 Kenneth E Tiley, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 1960, signed Elizabeth. Archives 1990-09-102
Copy portrait photograph showing the head and shoulders of WO1 George Campbell (DCM), Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 1945 (c). Photographs 1987-02-19
Ten photographs probably collected by Armourer Sgt John Henry Byrd, Royal Army Ordnance Corps; subjects include groups, the Royal Irish Regiment and Afghanistan, 1919; associated with the 3rd Afghan War. Photographs 1991-07-182
20 colour photographs taken by Sgt J Thompson, 54th Ordnance Bn, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, during the Gulf War, 1990-1991; with photocopies of captions compiled by the photographer; subjects include transport vehicles, Challenger tanks, arming shells, loading up ammunition, transport helicopters, control points and loading ammunition into Challenger tanks. Photographs 1991-07-185
Dirk and scabbard, nd; associated with 1 Seaforth Highlanders; belonged to Mrs M Turner's husband, who was in a 'Lancs Regt', World War One, and RSM I, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, World War Two (1939-1945); seems to be of comparatively recent date; straight, single edged blade; ebony grip with carved, plaited decoration, interspersed with silver studs; silver ferrule; white metal or silver pommel; wooden scabbard, carved with black, tarry composition; steel fittings. Edged Weapons 1968-01-19
Formation badge, printed, 2nd pattern, 22 Stores Coy, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, nd. From the Waring Collection. Badges 1996-02-24
76 colour transparencies of regimental cap badges, 1981. Photographs 1987-07-16
Butcher's coat, sealed pattern, 1953; Universal Pattern; associated with the Army Catering Corps, 1954. Uniforms 1992-01-55
Papers of Pte A Ball, Royal Army Ordnance Corps National Service and Territorial Army, 1950-1959; includes two posters; Christmas card; two certificates of service and one discharge certificate; order of service. Archives 1994-12-115
39 photographs showing: groups, general and Parachute Regiment; Royal Marines training on Ascension Island; land at San Carlos Bay; digging in; treating wounded in the field; Argentine prisoners of War; raising flags after the surrender; types of weapons in use; helicopters; ships of the Task Force, 1982; associated with South Atlantic (Falklands War) (1982). Photographs 1988-09-13
Packing note form for a sack of equipment belonging to Royal Engineers, Ludd, packed at Kantara E, possibly in Cyprus, 5 May 1919; associated with uniform and other items worn by Lt H G Barker, Staffordshire Yeomanry, attached RAOC. Archives 1986-06-94
1536 photographs taken by Central Office of Information of the regiments and corps of British Army in the 1950s and 1960s. Photographs 1992-10-144
15 transcripts of interviews with national servicemen who served in Malaya, 1948-1960, compiled by Adrian Walker; with a list of the troops who participated in the conflict in Malaya (1948-1960). Archives 2002-07-359
51 audio cassettes of recordings of oral history interviews conducted by Adrian Walker with national service men who were in active service, 1948-1960. Sound Recordings 1996-09-82
Three sound cassettes: oral history interview with Lt Col Robert John Going covering his service with Duke of Wellington's Regiment, Hyderabad Regiment and Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1936-1967. Interview conducted on 17 September 1996.(Transcript Available) Sound Recordings 1996-10-31
Two audio cassette tapes of reminiscences interspersed with songs spoken and sung by SSM J L St Romaine, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, concerning his experiences in the campaign in Burma, 1944 (c)-1945. Interview conducted in 1995. Sound Recordings 1996-10-87
Papers of Maj B Harper-Nelson relating to his service in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Somaliland Scouts and King's African Rifles, 1953-1961. Archives 1987-01-30
Three sound cassettes: oral history interview with Douglas Shiel who joined the Army aged as an apprentice electrician in 1995 aged 15; after three years in Chepstow he joined the Royal Army Ordnance Corps and served in Palestine with the Leicestershire Regiment and in Crete with an anti-aircraft unit before being surrendered to the Germans and spending the next four years as a prisoner of war in Salonika and Berlin; interviewed by Mark Nicholls, 11 May 1990. Sound Recordings 1990-05-31
Four sound cassettes: oral history interview with Maj John Douglas Anderson covering his military service during World War Two, Far East (1941-1945). Interview conducted on 8 September 1993. Sound Recordings 1993-10-130
Two sound cassettes: oral history interview with Sgt Geoffrey Wickham, Non-Combatant Corps, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, REME and Royal Army Education Corps; interviewed by Peter Boyden, 19 November 1992. Sound Recordings 1993-03-62
Collection of 29 printed, duplicated, and manuscript papers relating to the service of S/Sgt D F Lloyd, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, World War Two, Middle East and Home Front (1939-1945). Archives 1987-01-94
Three sound cassettes: oral history interview with S/Sgt Frank Mountain recalling his experiences with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps and 5th Air Maintenance Organisation in the UK and Burma, 1941-1946. Interview conducted on 20 April 1993. Sound Recordings 1993-04-295
Officer's ration card for purchases at Officer's shops, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, British Army of the Rhine, issued to E C Lanning, 15 May 1946. Archives 1991-03-142
Sound cassette: oral history interview with Mr Frank Aubrey Mason MC recalling his part in the battle at Retimo, Crete 20-22 May 1941. Interview conducted on 13 August 1991.(Transcript Available) Sound Recordings 1991-09-16
Army Ordnance Corps. Crested china model of a beret, 1925 (c); manufactured by the Arcadian Factory, Stoke-on-Trent, 1925 (c); decorated on one side with shield shape containing three cannons and cannon balls, surmounting a scroll inscribed, 'Army Ordnance Corps'. Ceramics 2002-09-70
Two sound cassettes: oral history interview with Mr John Bymoe, recalling his service in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Royal Artillery and the 21st Mountain Artillery Regiment in the UK, Burma and India 1942-1947. Interview conducted on 25 July 1991. Sound Recordings 1991-07-247
Five sound cassettes: oral history interview with Maj Herbert V Sawyer, City of London Yeomanry 1938-1941, Indian Artillery 1941-1945 and Royal Artillery 1945-1947, relating to his service in the UK, Burma during the retreat, India and British Army of the Rhine. Interview conducted on 11 July 1991. Sound Recordings 1991-07-162
Sound cassette: oral history interview with S/Sgt Eric Arthur Whitehead, recalling his service with Royal Army Ordnance Corps and Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, largely in East Africa and the Far East, 1938-1959; interviewed by Marion Harding, 5 June 1991. Sound Recordings 1991-06-25
Two sound cassettes: oral history interview with Capt R V W Curd, recalling his service with the Royal West Kent Regiment 1942-1953 and Royal Army Ordnance Corps 1953-1965; interviewed by Peter Boyden, 22 April 1991. Sound Recordings 1991-05-39
Prisoner of war postcard, 1944 (c); sent by Sub-Conductor Cyril Vivian Ward, Indian Army Ordnance Corps, on attachment from the Royal Artillery from Kuching, Borneo where he was held by the Japanese; Ward was one of the prisoners of war massacred by the Japanese on 10 Jun 1944; associated with World War Two, POWs, Far East (1941-1945). Archives 2002-10-89
107 photographs collected by Sgt Robert George Browning, Royal Field Artillery and Indian Army Ordnance Corps, 1920 (c)-1929 (c). Photographs 1991-11-14
Lanyard, blue and scarlet, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, nd. Equipment, uniform 2002-11-184
Brass cap badge, 1940-1942; associated with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Badges 2002-12-48
Two identity discs, 1940-1942; belonged to Mr D Jamieson, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1940-1942; one disc is round and the other is hexagonal; stamped onto both discs, '1650397/ CS/ Jamieson D'; associated with World War Two (1939-1945). Equipment, general 2003-01-45
Miscellaneous papers, 1940-1941; including seven notebooks, a list of 'Specimen charges for offences most commonly met with', a list of 'Vocabulary sections and sub-sections for M. T. [motor transport]' corrected up to 25 Sept 1940, and a sick report; associated with 7650397 L/Cpl Douglas Jamieson, 8th Bn Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1940-1942, World War Two, Home Front (1939-1945). Archives 2003-01-163
14 prints after K Howard, 1974-1975. Prints 1975-12-97
Prisoner of war postcard, stamped 27 Jul 1945; sent by Sgt Cyril Vivian Ward, Royal Artillery from a Japanese prisoner of war camp in Borneo; he died in captivity on 10 Jun 1945 before the postcard was delivered and is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial; associated with World War Two, POWs Far East (1941-1945). Archives 2003-01-181
Autobiographical memoir of WO1 John Hargreaves, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1939-1946; written by John Hargreaves, 2002; the memoir contains references to both his army duties and off duty pursuits in Africa as well as an assessment of the West African troops later performance in Burma; associated with World War Two, Far East (1941-1945). Archives 2003-01-182
Sword sling, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, nd; sealed pattern, sealed 1882 (c). Equipment, uniform 2003-02-50
Hose top, size 1, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, nd; sealed 1953. Uniforms 2003-02-95
Footless stocking, tartan, for Royal Army Ordnance Corps piper, nd; sealed 1960 (c). Uniforms 2003-02-119
Plaque, nd; shield shaped, with evidence of an inscription plate missing from the top; attached to the centre is a wooden shield shaped motif depicting three cannon within a circlet inscribed, 'Honi soit qui mal y pense', surmounting a tri-part scroll inscribed, 'Sua tela/ tonanti'; with a plastic scroll attached to the bottom of a plaque, inscribed, 'Royal Army Ordnance Corps'. Crafts 2003-01-138
Collection of three officers' collar badges, 1920 (c) - 1946 and and two other ranks' cap badges, worn from March 1947 to November 1949, sealed 14 Mar 1947; associated with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps; manufactured by J R Gaunt, London. Badges 2003-02-221
Plunkett collection of approx 1,540 78 rpm microgroove acoustic and electrical phonodiscs, including several albums, and some 45 rpm, 33 rpm, 12 inch, 10 inch, 8 inch 7 inch discs; containing military and popular music performed by army, air-force, marine and civilian bands of Great Britain, Germany, France, Denmark and Holland, 1905 (c)- 1945. Sound Recordings 1981-10-34
Documents associated with 7650397 L/Cpl Douglas Jamieson, 8th Bn Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1940-1941; associated with World War Two (1939-1945). Archives 2003-02-336
Cap badge, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, nd; sealed pattern, sealed 9 Feb 1962. Badges 2003-03-141
Title embroidered Royal Army Ordnance Corps, black on khaki, nd; sealed pattern, sealed 4 Mar 1939. Badges 2003-03-264
Collection of 22 photographs and postcards compiled by Mrs P Johnson during her Auxiliary Territorial Service in the Suez Canal Zone, 1946. Photographs 2003-03-530
A present to remember! Watercolour portrait of WS/Sgt A V Challacombe, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Army Catering Corps, smoking a pipe, 1946; by Fritz Schultz; signed lower right, 'dr by Fritz Sultze/ Germ. POW./ 8 April 1946'; associated with prisoners of war, World War Two (1939-1945). Drawings and Watercolours 1997-06-2
Caricature portrait of WS/Sgt A V Challacombe, RAOC and ACC, 1946. Watercolour, signed in monogram and dated lower left; by Fritz Sultze, German prisoner of war, 1946; associated with World War Two (1939-1945). Drawings and Watercolours 1997-06-3
Collection of 23 badges, 1949 (c)-1992 (c); associated with Women's Royal Army Corps, Army Catering Corps, Royal Army Pay Corps and the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Badges 2003-03-594
Fourteen photographs associated with 321 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Coy, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Northern Ireland, 1982 (c) Photographs 1983-07-64
Three cloth trade badges, ammunition technician, 1970 (c); associated with Women's Royal Army Corps and Royal Army Ordnance Corps; two are proof badges, thought to have been created in anticipation of wider employment and the introduction of Women's Royal Army Corps ammunition technicians, which did not materialise. Badges 2003-04-54
Four photographs of the remotely-controlled 'Wheelbarrow' or Robot Bomb Disposal Vehicle 1974-1977 Photographs 1983-07-92
British Army issue G.S.T.P. (General Service Temporary Pattern) pocket watch, 1944 (c); used by Capt E C D H (Ted) Rowan, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1944 (c); manufactured by Jaeger Le Coultre, Switzerland; stamped on the back, '[broad arrow]/ G.S.T.P./ Q324'; stamped in ink on the face, 'Jaeger-le-Coultre' and 'Swiss Made'; associated with World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945). Scientific Instruments 2003-04-93
Souvenir programme, 1940-1941; produced for the 8th Bn Royal Army Ordnance Corps Christmas 1941 production of 'The Magic Button' pantomime, performed by The Derby Barnstormers; contains full cast list; associated with 7650397 L/Cpl Douglas Jamieson, 8th Bn Royal Army Ordnance Corps, World War Two (1939-1945). Archives 2003-04-97
Wooden figurine, 1960 (c); after Capt William John Philpin Jones; collected by Bernard Arthur Carter, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1960 (c); an officer in a squat position, holding a pint; based on one of the 'Two Types' cartoon characters created by the then Capt William John Philpin Jones, for daily newspapers sent to the British services serving in World War Two (1939-1945). Crafts 2003-04-222
Formation badge, nd; issued to members of Queen Mary's Auxiliary Army Corps, attached to Royal Army Ordnance Corps Vendraux and Calais 1919; belonged to Worker E Newing; a blue cloth triangle with a circular piece of red cloth stitched at the centre Badges 2003-05-69
Formation badge, issued to members of Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps attached to Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1918 -1921 (c); a blue cloth triangle with a circular piece of red cloth stitched at the centre. Badges 2003-05-86
Two photographs relating to Royal Army Ordnance Corps, collected by Lt H G Barker, Staffordshire Yeomanry, 1919 (c). Photographs 1986-06-36
Photolithograph after Ken Howard, 1979; published by Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1980; associated with bomb disposal, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Northern Ireland (1969-2007). Prints 1981-01-85
Diary and papers of Pte Percy Hill, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1900-1919 (c); diary relates to his service as a volunteer in the 1st Middlesex Volunteers Rifles Corps. The papers relate to his classification certificate that state his medical unfitness for service in 1916 and service in the Royal Ordnance Corps from 1917. Archives 2003-06-48
Nineteen gorget patches and forage cap, British Army, various regiments, 1920-1954. Badges 1968-03-66
27 colour photolithograph recruiting posters, 1980 (c); prepared for the Ministry of Defence (Army) by the Central Office of Information; published by the Ministry of Defence, 1980-1983. Prints 1984-01-74
Badges and buttons associated with various regiments of the British Army, 1911- 1943 (c). Badges 1966-02-89
Service dress uniform: tunic; skirt; lanyard; associated with Pte Ferneyhough, Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1945 (c). Uniforms 1994-03-276
One officer's gilt metal cap badge and one other rank's anodised cap badge, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Expeditionary Force Institutes), 1953 (c)-1965 (c). From the collection of the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI). Badges 2003-08-44
AJAX BAY. Colour photolithograph after Joan Wanklyn, 1984 (c); members of the Ordnance Squadron Command on Logistic Regiment, Royal Marines 91 and 81 Ordnance Companies at Ajax Bay, East Falklands during Operation Corporate; inscribed at the bottom as title; with separate 34 part key to personnel and vehicles; relating to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps and the Royal Marines; associated with the South Atlantic (Falkland War) (1982). Prints 1984-10-168
Stable belt, officers' and all ranks', Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1975 (c). Equipment, uniform 1983-07-76
Thirteen uniform and equipment items, officers' and other ranks', Universal pattern, 1914 (c)-1951 (c). Uniforms 1982-05-21
Thirteen uniform and equipment items, officers' and other ranks', Universal pattern, 1914 (c)-1951 (c). Equipment, uniform 1982-05-21
Universal pattern combat jacket and hood, 1950 (c)-1951 (c). Worn by WO2 David Langham, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Uniforms 1989-08-121
Cap badge, other ranks', Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1940 (c). Badges 1994-06-38
Tailors book, 1897; compiled by Bdr W T Kempson; associated with the Royal Artillery, Army Ordnance Corps and Royal Army Clothing Factory. Archives 1985-05-46
Smiths Empire wrist watch, 1960 (c)-1966 (c); belonged to Dennis Franklin, and worn when he was a National Serviceman in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps; watch was purchased in Lagos, Nigeria for 30/- on the way by troopship to the Cameroons in 1961; the strap is Army issue at the time; clock face reads, 'Smiths/ Empire/ Shockproof/ 5 Jewels'. Scientific Instruments 2003-11-46
Papers collated by the Public Relations Department, War Office relating to British Army activities during World War Two, with a few dating from the Korean War. Archives 1989-03-23
Collection of recruiting leaflets for the British Army, published 1950-1980. Archives 1985-06-162
Protective NBC trousers, No 1, Mk IV, desert, dated Jan 1991; manufactured by Remploy Limited; sealed in plastic wrapping; associated with military training instructor, NBC, Royal Army Ordnance Corps; printed paper label, inside packaging. Equipment, general 2003-12-30
Protective NBC smock, No 1, Mk IV, desert, dated Jan 1991; manufactured by Remploy Limited; sealed in plastic wrapping; associated with military training instructor, NBC, Royal Army Ordnance Corps; printed on paper label inside packaging. Equipment, general 2003-12-31
Altropine Auto-injector, 2 mg, for use in nerve gas poisoning, nd; manufactured by Duphar B.V., Amsterdam, Holland; with use by date of March 1994; sealed in plastic wrapping; associated with military training instructor, NBC, Royal Army Ordnance Corps; printed label on injector. Medical Equipment 2003-12-32
Praxlidoxime Chloride Injector, 300 mg, for use in nerve agent poisoning, nd; manufactured by Survival Technology Inc., Bethesda, MD 20814, May 1983; associated with military training instructor, NBC, Royal Army Ordnance Corps; printed label on injector. Medical Equipment 2003-12-39
Uniform items, Universal pattern, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, worn by WO2 SQMS D Langham, 1965 (c), two jackets, hood, two trousers, pullover, three vests, underpants, shorts, cap. Uniforms 1988-05-57
Territorial Army and Reservist Instruction Book, Personal Documentation, 10 Feb 1989; issued to WO2 D Langham, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Archives 1989-09-69
Twelve copy photographs associated with Royal Army Ordnance Corps Workshops, Bovington, 1924 (c); photographs show tanks lined up and awaiting or after repair, tanks under repair, a lorry and a tractor outside the building and the interior of workshops. Photographs 1983-11-55
Photocopy typescript list of Royal Army Ordnance Corps personnel, selected to record their experiences of Operation GRANBY, Gulf War (1990-1991). Archives 1991-06-46
Formation badge, 1940 (c); associated with Southern Command (UK), Royal Army Ordnance Corps; part of the collection of Maj John Waring. Badges 1993-08-150
Photograph album of 67 photographs with extracts from a souvenir programme, Tidworth Tattoo, 1933. (Album dimensions: 27.5 x 37 x 6 cm). Photographs 1984-01-86
Photograph album of 172 photographs with extracts from souvenir programme, Tidworth Tattoo, 1937. (Album dimensions: 27.5 x 37 x 12 cm). Photographs 1984-01-91
Quilt, 1943 (c); given to Subaltern Newbury when attached to Royal Army Ordnance Corps Chilwell; associated with Canadian Red Cross; backed with flour sacks from a Montreal miller. Equipment, uniform 1994-04-157
Twenty three photographs associated with Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 2nd Bn Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, 1st Bn Parachute Regiment and British Army Transport, 1973-1978. Photographs 1984-02-19